Bolognese sauce

Bolognese sauce
Tagliatelle al ragù
Alternative namesRagù alla bolognese (in Italian), ragù bolognese (in Italian)
TypeRagù
Place of originItaly
Region or stateBologna, Emilia-Romagna
Main ingredientsGround meat (beef or veal, pork), soffritto (celery, carrot, onion), tomato paste, wine, milk

Bolognese sauce,[a] known in Italian as ragù alla bolognese[b] or ragù bolognese (called ragù in Bologna, ragó in Bolognese dialect), is a meat-based sauce associated with the city of Bologna.[2] It is customarily used to dress tagliatelle al ragù and to prepare lasagne alla bolognese.

Italian ragù alla bolognese is a slowly cooked meat-based sauce, and its preparation involves several techniques, including sweating, sautéing and braising. Ingredients include a characteristic soffritto of onion, celery, and carrot, different types of minced or finely chopped beef, often alongside small amounts of fatty pork. White wine, milk, and a small amount of tomato paste or tomato sauce are added, and the dish is then gently simmered at length to produce a thick sauce.

Outside Italy, the phrase "Bolognese sauce" is often used to refer to a tomato-based sauce to which minced meat has been added; such sauces typically bear little resemblance to Italian ragù alla bolognese, being more similar in fact to ragù alla napoletana from the tomato-rich south of the country. Although in Italy ragù alla bolognese is not used with spaghetti (but rather with flat pasta, such as tagliatelle),[3][4][5] in Anglophone countries, "spaghetti bolognese" has become a popular dish.

  1. ^ Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN 9781405881180
  2. ^ "Home Cooking: the Comfort of Bolognese Sauce". La Cucina Italiana. April 24, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  3. ^ Monica Cesarato (September 14, 2016). "Why you won't find spaghetti bolognese in Italy". The Local. Archived from the original on September 15, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  4. ^ Rachel Hosie (March 11, 2019). "The mayor of Bologna, Italy, says spaghetti bolognese does not exist". Insider. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  5. ^ Stefano Carnazzi (August 24, 2017). "Spaghetti bolognese, the strange story of an "Italian" dish that doesn't exist in Italy". Lifegate. Archived from the original on April 12, 2024. Retrieved April 27, 2020.


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